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Source Description
This fragment was once part of a double statue and would have probably shown the man seated with his wife to his left. His costume is the same as that worn by the royal scribe Nahu, also shown here. The three stylized flesh folds on the official's upper abdomen were a conventionalized method of showing relatively advanced age and prosperity. The remaining hieroglyphic text (on the back) mentions Ptah and Sokar, gods associated with ancient Memphis, suggesting that this sculpture came from the official's tomb at Saqqara, which was the primary necropolis, or cemetery, of Memphis.
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Document identity
localId
39167
label
Male Bust From a Group Statue
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
39167
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Male Bust From a Group Statue
description
This fragment was once part of a double statue and would have probably shown the man seated with his wife to his left. His costume is the same as that worn by the royal scribe Nahu, also shown here. The three stylized flesh folds on the official's upper abdomen were a conventionalized method of showing relatively advanced age and prosperity. The remaining hieroglyphic text (on the back) mentions Ptah and Sokar, gods associated with ancient Memphis, suggesting that this sculpture came from the official's tomb at Saqqara, which was the primary necropolis, or cemetery, of Memphis.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1300-1290 BCE (New Kingdom, late 18th-19th dynasty)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
sculpture (visual works)
statutes
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
43.5
height
37.5
depth
18
dimensionsRaw
17 1/8 x 14 3/4 x 7 1/16 in. (43.5 x 37.5 x 18 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
inscriptions
[Inscription]
dynasty
late 18th-19th Dynasty
med
carved granodiorite
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
c46df77e426303ee
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
5d644a175fcdf993
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no